diff --git a/usr.sbin/rpc.statd/statd.c b/usr.sbin/rpc.statd/statd.c
index f51bea8bfb56..b8b4311c2bf0 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rpc.statd/statd.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/rpc.statd/statd.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ create_service(struct netconfig *nconf)
 		}
 
 		if (nconf->nc_semantics != NC_TPI_CLTS)
-			listen(sock, SOMAXCONN);
+			listen(fd, SOMAXCONN);
 
 		transp = svc_tli_create(fd, nconf, NULL,
 		RPC_MAXDATASIZE, RPC_MAXDATASIZE);